Gizmodo Four Round Photo Challenge: Round 4 (Final)

So then, final round of the GizmodoUK shooting challenge where I've really got to aim for a 1st place to have a chance at a win really.

It's been a tough week balancing work/family and social commitments so have had to stick to 'studio' work for the most part with one exception where a "mostly" clear night became available mid-week where we stayed out significantly later than we should have on a work-night

My short-listed shots that were taken between 00:01 Monday the 7th to 23:59 Sunday the 13th(Literally the last shot was taken at 23:59).

UPDATE: So I entered the "red spiral along the decking" shot and got myself a third place leaving me at an overall joint second place at the end of the contest. I'm quite happy with that. Would've been nice to win but it's cool to have done so well next to other great photography, head over and check out the other great entries here.

Gizmodo.co.uk's Four Round Photo Challenge: Round 2

So the GizmodoUK four-round photo challenge continues in to Round 2.

I did not rank high enough in Round 1 for points but still 3 more to play for.

This weeks selection to choose my best shot from are:

All of the above were shot in the earlier part of the week.

Towards the end of the week I begun planning to make use of a clear night at Durdle Door, I won't repost them here but my two considerations for putting forward was one of two shots

This shot of the Door itself with a beautifully colourful, Milky Way lit, sky as a backdrop...

 And the resulting entrant of the Milky Way over Man o' War Bay.

Hopefully I picked the right one to give me the best chances, would you have picked differently?

We shall see how I fare against the competition this week.

!!!UPDATE!!!
I managed to get a point this round. To see the competition and the results click here.
Now to work out what to shoot for Round 3.

Gizmodo.co.uk's Four Round Photo Challenge - Round 1

So GizmodoUK are running there usual photo challenge but, as it's an anniversary fro their challenges they've spiced it up by adding four rounds over a four week period. 

I thought I'd make a proper effort to be involved in this challenge, see if I can't score a point or two along the way.

The thing is, whilst the challenge itself demands a single "best shot" for the week along the way i'll likely make a couple, potentially that I might have difficulty choosing from. 

I figured, why not post what my short lists were.

So here we go, my shortlisted-entries for Round 1 were:

A lady bird that I found trying to escape from the lawnmower or one of the shots from my trip to Stone Henge.

My end choice was this one.

What do you think? Was there a better Stone Henge shot? Were the ladybird shots better?